Enter the Registration Office - II

The rooftops gave a better view of the city. Hence it made Sebastian's job a bit easier.

The wall that dividing the civilian district with the noble district was clearly visible from the rooftop. According to the map, the military audit office was located along the wall somewhere.

Sebastian quickly tried to figure out his location while searching for the landmarks marked on the map.

He ran errands like delivering letters from the northern border outpost to secluded military camps at the edge of the border. This city's map was more detailed and easy to read compared to the maps made by the northern outpost. Their map was terrible as more than half of northern outpost soldiers were illiterate and ruffians. Sir Darius was purposely given the most troublesome soldiers to command. Although, Knight Darius never once complained back.

Sebastian leaped from one rooftop to another circling the wall in search of the office. The rooftop varied, some had tiled roof while some had an open space like veranda rooftop where they had their laundry up to dry.

Sebastian was quite quick and strong enough to leap from one roof to another despite having a 10-meter gap. He surely seemed to be enjoying this new terrain.

Just when leaping around for some time, he finally reached the office building.

Finally, Sebastian got down from the roof without letting anyone spot him. He dropped in a nearby alleyway and got out on the main street.

There stood a solid concrete wall about 6-7 meters tall, stood in front of him. The wall stretched across from both sides until it disappeared on the horizon. This wall was to keep the citizens and any other foreigners out of the noble district. The noble district is beautifully constructed with lots of mansions and gardens one eye can see. They even have man-made ponds and birds there for the amusement of the nobles.

The noble district was nothing like a civilian or any city in the Rublor city. Every civilian here dreams to at least visit that area for once. Although there are no noble's residences near the district wall, they are located away from the public eye.

Sebastian approached the office which stood between the intersection of the wall.

This Exam registration office was quite a big building. Calling it a mansion would be not wrong. The large building was quite elegantly designed with glass decor windows. The building completely stood out and looked like a part of the noble district. The only exception was that it was standing in between the noble district and the civilian district at the same time.

There were a lot of city guards posted around the building.

Sebastian stood in the middle of the street glaring at the beautiful architecture.

'Is this really a registration office, right? Am I allowed to enter?' thought Sebastian to himself.

He was a bit nervous as he tried to think about it.

One of the guards noticed Sebastian who thought he was acting suspiciously.

"You there! Come here for a second." shrieked out the office guard.

Sebastian quickly realized he was being called,

"You mean me?"

"Yes, what are you doing here?" asked the guard as he kept one of his hands at the handle of his sword.

Sebastian's nervous grin resurfaced,

"I-I uh… I'm just here looking for the office," he replied.

The office guard raised their guards and started to surround him. Sebastian's grinning habit made him more suspicious.

Sebastian realized that guards were surrounding him,

"Wait! Please trust me, I am no one suspicious," he said while he reached out for his pocket.

The guards in retaliation quickly sheathed their swords,

"Stop moving or else-"

"Wait, I am unarmed! I just wanted to show you this-" saying so he unveiled the scroll letter from his master.

The guards were surprised and backed away immediately and lowered their swords.

The guard that was first to question Sebastian bowed his head,

"I apologize for my and my men's behavior."

Sebastian was quite surprised himself,

"What!... uh… That's alright. You don't need to bow your head. It's not like the first time it happened."

Sebastian didn't expect such a reaction from the guards.

The guards opened the gate to let Sebastian enter,

"Please enter. Your fellow candidates have already waiting inside, godspeed."

"Eh.. thank you." thanked Sebastian as he scratched his head while he smiled nervously.

Nevertheless, he accepted the guard's invitation and entered the building premises.

As soon as Sebastian entered the gate shut closed.

The guards returned back to their position.

"Are you sure, he was a knight candidate?" asked one of the guards.

"He possessed the scroll of kinship from a high ranking knight. So of course, we have to let him enter." replied the guard's leader.

"But the way he was dressed in that plain clothes and that evil smile. Should we still have allowed him to enter?"

The office guard leader smiled,

"It's our duty to let anyone with the scroll enter the premises. We don't have the authority to validate if the owner possessing the scroll is genuine or not. Besides, if he wasn't a real candidate, then surely he's going to be deadman. Hahaha."